Mrs. Frisby and the Crow Vocabulary Words

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Mrs. Frisby and the Crow Vocabulary Words

• treacherous
• alarmingly
• fierce
• ineffectively
• prospect

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Open Court 4th Grade Unit 1 Risks and
Consequences Lesson 1 Mrs. Frisby and the Crow
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treacherous Use context clues

• 1. Mrs. Frisby undertook a treacherous journey
  to bring Timothy some medicine.

• 2. The high winds and heavy snow made the
  mountain road treacherous.

treacherous- not safe because of hidden dangers
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alarmingly Use context clues

• 1. The crow banked alarmingly, and for a moment
  Mrs. Frisby was frightened.

• 2. The branch fell alarmingly, scaring the
  hikers around the campfire.

alarmingly filled with a sense of danger (page
28)
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fierce Use context clues

• 1. The small kitten pretended to be fierce.

• 2. The fierce twister blew the roof off the
  farmhouse.

fierce- wild or threatening in appearance
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ineffectively Use context clues

• 1. The crow was sitting on the fence, pecking
  ineffectively at the string tried to his legs.

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• 2. The birds pecked ineffectively at the empty
  feeder.

ineffectively useless in vain
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prospect Use context clues

• 1. Mrs. Frisby was frightened by
• the prospect of walking through
• the woods alone at night.

• 2. Bobby was nervous about the prospect of
  starting at a new school.

prospect a future possible event something that
could happen
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Mrs. Frisby and the Crow Vocabulary Words

• treacherous - not safe because of the hidden
  dangers
• alarmingly filled with a sense of danger
• fierce - wild or threatening in appearance
• ineffectively - useless in vain
• prospect- a future possible event something that
  could happen

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Mrs. Frisby and the Crow Vocabulary Quiz

• _____ not safe because of the hidden dangers
• _____ filled with a sense of danger
• _____ wild or threatening in appearance
• _____ useless in vain
• ______ a future possible event something that
  could happen

treacherous
ineffectively
prospect
alarmingly
fierce
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Word Knowledge
wrap is a root word.
A root word is the word that has the main meaning
that can then be changed by adding prefixes
(beginnings) or suffixes (endings).
wrapped
When the suffix ed is added to wrap the final
consonant, p, is doubled.
wrapping
When the suffix ing is added to wrap the final
consonant, p, is doubled.
Open Court 4th Grade Unit 1 Risks and
Consequences Lesson 1 Mrs. Frisby and the Crow
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Word Knowledge These words contain the sound
/aw/.
caught
stalked
squawking
gnawing
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Word Knowledge These words all have a root word
plus the suffix ous which is pronounced /u//s/.
nervous
treacherous
dangerous
marvelous
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Word Knowledge These words contain
short-vowel sounds.
victims
pasture
bottomless
shrubs
silver
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Word Knowledge Sentences
Mom wrapped the sandwich.

• Identify the doubled consonant.

- Double p in wrapped

• What suffix causes the doubling?

- ed forms a past tense verb
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Word Knowledge Sentences
Jeremy was caught in the trap.

• Identify the word with the /aw/ sound.

- caught
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Word Knowledge Sentences
The other choice would be dangerous, too.
Identify the word with the -ous ending.
- dangerous
What are other words with the ous ending?
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Word Knowledge Sentences
Silver can be used to make coins.

• Identify the words with short vowel sounds.

- silver, can
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